In COD: World at War last night, I ran into a Timmy, while he sounded like he was 30, he was definitely a Timmy, his tag (though I can't remember it exactly I will be finding it tonight and giving MAJOR bad feedback) was something like WhiteManKKK...how did that one make it through the XBL content filters? But all this guy did was talk about how someone should kill Obama, and then McCain would be president again. (I know that there is TONS wrong with that statement, both ethically, and Procedurally, but I'm not going to get into that…it would be several pages long) What surprised me was the way the people in the room responded….simply put, they didn’t…there was one person, obviously African American from his Gamer tag(Da_afroninja or something like that) gave protest and asked all to give him bad feedback, and file complaints (which I will be doing) he presented himself very well, was very well spoken and gave some fantastic rebuttals, but beyond that, there was not complaint, no one calling him a bigot, nothing. I muted him and tried to give encouragement to the one standing up against him. But there was a major line crossed and most stood by and did nothing.  Was it simply something that was bred into me that that word that he used twice every sentence that started with an N, and ended with “I’m an uneducated hick” cuts through me like a knife of ignorance every time I hear it. But that was the way I was raised, there are ton’s of profanities out there, and all are used too much in ways that don’t contribute to the events at hand. (unless those events involve a hammer and your thumb) But what ever happened to the creative insult? The witty comeback? The heated debate? All have been replaced by some dick with a microphone and an XBL account who WON’T SHUT UP. There’s a time and place to make yourself heard on the issues you feel you need to address…let’s just keep that crap out of our XBL experience.

 

In the end I Give COD:WaW a big thumbs up for the campaign and the multiplayer. (the campaign was a bit short, but I think that may have been because we were playing on the Regular mode in Co-op.) I’d get into more detail but everything I’d have to say could be said about COD4, but I would like to stress that just because the games are similar and use the same engine doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.

We lost 3-1, because one of us managed to sneak over and steal their flag while they were trying to get ours…(later matches all ended 3-0 from their same cheap tactics) But one thing I noticed was that these people had such a set routine, always taking the same path, always blindly throwing a grenade from the same spot behind cover, always landing it right on the flag…is there any point to playing a game if you repeat the same exact thing over and over again?

 I bet if I could have gotten my hands on some mines I could have had a 20+ kill streak just planting them on that same path these little snots always took. But they also had a very cheap style of camping for those who were not on the rush. They would take one of their own vehicles, and severely damage it, and park it in the middle of nowhere…then camp with a rocket launcher or Spartan laser from a distance, wait till someone jumped in it and BOOM, 1 kill.   I understand the strategic strengths and weaknesses to camping, but to go to this length to score a single kill in a match where the deaths/kills were easily 20-30 per person, it was a waste. And these people were maxed out on experience so it’s not like they needed the boost.

Anyway, I did give the COD WaW beta a shot…and personally, I LOVE it. it feels a bit more dirty, bloody, I feel like I’m in the action a bit more than I felt from COD4. Now that’s not saying I didn’t like 4, or that I won’t continue to play it online, but World at War has that “in the action” feel that I loved from COD 2 and 3 (not as much from 3). I can’t wait for this campaign….and for the return of my favorite weapon, the Bren LMG.

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Anyway, I’m trying (unsuccessfully) to do a bit of graphics stuff for the clan…I use to be pretty good with Auto-CAD, but I don’t exactly have that…I have the Microsoft Paint that came installed on my PC…..and I SERIOUSLY suck with this…

Anyway….here is a bit of a song that represents the way I feel today…my views on politics, my day at work, and the chaos that is ruling over everything I do.

It’s by a unique group called Gogol Bordello, called Think Locally, F%$! Globally.

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I will not be getting Gears of War 2, I wasn’t very big on Gears 1, and felt that the learning curve I would have had to overcome would have taken lots of time that is better spent in COD4, leveling up, getting ready for COD World at War, and blasting Super mutants in Fallout 3.

 

…hmm, that was a really short blog. I don’t normally leave them that short and to the point, but I have nothing else to say…

 

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